| Villa Romana Prize | |
|---|---|
| Villa-Romana-Preis | |
![]() The villa, seen from the Via Senese  | |
| Awarded for | annual award to visual artists | 
| Date | 1905 | 
| Location | Villa Romana, Florence | 
| Country | Italy | 
| Presented by | Deutscher Künstlerbund | 
| Reward(s) | One-year artistic residence | 
| Website | villaromana | 
The Villa Romana Prize, German: Villa-Romana-Preis, is an art prize awarded by the Deutscher Künstlerbund. It was established in 1905 and is the oldest German art award.[1] The prize consists of a one-year artistic residence in the Villa Romana, a nineteenth-century villa on the Via Senese in the southern outskirts of Florence, in Tuscany in central Italy.[2][3]


Max Klinger, who in 1903 had become vice-president of the Deutscher Künstlerbund, established the Villa Romana as a study centre for artists in 1905.[4] He had bought it that year for 60,000 gold lire.[5] The prize was first awarded in that year also.[1]
Among the many recipients of the award are Max Beckmann (1906),[6] Ernst Barlach (1909),[7] Joseph Fassbender (1929),[8] Gerhard Marcks,[9] Toni Stadler (1937),[10] Walter Stöhrer (1978),[11] and Georg Baselitz (1965).[12]
Recipients
1905 to 1914
- 1905: Ulrich Hübner, Georg Kolbe, Richard Pietzsch, Kurt Tuch, Max Kurzweil
 - 1906: Max Beckmann,[6] Dora Hitz, Käthe Kollwitz, Hermann Schlittgen
 - 1907: Martin Brandenburg, Georg Burmester, Fritz Mackensen
 - 1908: Ernst Barlach,[7] Richard Dreher, Wilhelm Groß, Heinrich Tscharmann
 - 1909: Paul Baum, Willi Geiger, Adolf Schinnerer
 - 1910: Karl Albiker, Otto Höger, Hans Meid
 - 1911: Ludwig Cauer, Otto Höger, Fritz Rhein
 - 1912: Theo von Brockhusen, Alexander Gerbig, Georg Greve-Lindau
 - 1913: Karl Caspar, Moritz Melzer, Erich Stephany
 - 1914: Otto Richard Bossert, Bernhard Hasler, Wilhelm Laage
 
1928 to 1943
- 1928: Gerhard Marcks[9]
 - 1929: Joseph Fassbender[8]
 - 1930: Josef Henselmann
 - 1931: Franz Xaver Fuhr[1]
 - 1932: Hans Christof Drexel
 - 1933: John Sass
 - 1934: Otto Freytag
 - 1935: Philipp Harth, William Maly
 - 1936: Emy Roeder, Arthur Degner
 - 1937: Toni Stadler[10]
 - 1938: Helmut Ruhmer
 - 1939: Fritz Bernuth
 - 1940: Rudolf Riester
 - 1941: Hans Breker, Karl Clobes, Walter Rossler
 - 1942: Oscar Kreibich, Hubert Nikolaus Lang, Karl Paul, Egon Schiffers
 - 1943: Wilhelm Hausmann, Kurt Lambert, Walter Wichmann
 
From 1959
- 1959: Theo Bechteler, Peter Herkenrath, Carl-Heinz Kliemann, Toni Stadler
 - 1960: John Geccelli, Jochen Hiltmann, Guido Jendritzko, Harry Koegler
 - 1961: Peter Brüning, Erwin Eichbaum, Wilhelm Hausmann, Wolfgang vom Schemm
 - 1962: Horst Antes, Gerson Fehrenbach, Paran G'schrey, Hans Kock
 - 1963: Friedrich Karl Gotsch, Günter Ferdinand Ris, Ursula Sax, Horst Skodlerrak
 - 1964: Clemens Fischer, Winfred Gaul, Utz Kampmann, Rolf Szymanski
 - 1965: Georg Baselitz,[12] Franz Bucher, Rainer Küchenmeister, Ludwig Meidner
 - 1966: Hans Baschang, Dietlinde Stengelin, Helmut Sundhaußen, Gota Tellesch
 - 1967: Bernd Berner, Buja Bingemer, Horst Lark, Michael Black
 - 1968: Franz Bernhard, Rolf-Gunter Dienst, Hildegart Lutze, Gatja Helgart Rothe
 - 1969: Henry Brummack, Bernd Damke, Wolf Kahlen, Joachim Schmettau
 - 1970: Markus Lüpertz, Ansgar Nierhoff, Michael Schoenholtz, Ben Willikens
 - 1971: Peter Ackermann, Hermann Albert, Christa Dichgans, Jürgen Paatz
 - 1972: Klaus Fußmann, Edgar Gutbub, Max G. Kaminski, Hansjerg Maier-Aichen
 - 1973: Hede Bühl, Nino Malfatti, Jobst Meyer, Hans Peter Reuter
 - 1974: Kurt Koch, Christiane Maether, Heinz-Günter Prager, Arthur Stoll
 - 1975: Claudia Kinast, Bernd Klötzer, Alf Schuler, Dorothee von Windheim
 - 1976: Michael Bette, Michael Buthe, Nikolaus Lang, Bertram Weigel
 - 1977: Jakob Mattner, Anna Oppermann, Heinz Schanz, Gottfried Wiegand
 - 1978: Abraham David Christian, Elena Engel, Christiane Mobius, Walter Stöhrer[11]
 - 1979: Johannes Brus, Friedemann Hahn, Inge Higher, Mechtild Nemeczek
 - 1980: Fritz Gilow, Rainer Mang, Reinhard Pods, Gerd Rohling
 - 1981: Frank Dornseif, Bruno Erdmann, Dieter Kraemer, Guenter Tužina
 - 1982: Gundi Bindernagel, Karl Bohrmann, Marina Makowski, Eva-Maria Schön
 - 1983: Martin Rosz, Norbert Tadeusz, Nicole van den Plas, Michael Witlatschil
 - 1984: Rolf Behm, Doris Hadersdorfer, George Meissner, Marianne Pohl
 - 1985: Cordula Giidemann, Paul Herberg, Sabine Krasel, William Weiner
 - 1986: Andreas Bindl, Dietz Eilbacher, Andreas Grunert, Max Neumann
 - 1987: Lisa Hoever, Bernd Minnich, Thomas Virnich, Jochen Zellmann, Karl-Heinz Krause
 - 1988: Nikifor Brueckner, Gabriela Dauerer, Walter Kütz, Klaus Schmetz
 - 1989: Jörg Eberhard, Bernd Jünger, Gisela Kleinlein, Berthold Langnickel
 - 1990: Albert Borchardt, Galli (artist), Hermann Josef Mispelbaum, Norbert Radermacher
 - 1991: Vera Leutloff, Eberhard Wagner, Barbara Wille, Carl Emanuel Wolff
 - 1992: Sybille Berke, Katharina Grosse, Klaus Gärtner, Bernd Mechler
 - 1993: Andreas Bee, Jochem Hendricks, Marko Lehanka, Hans-Willi Notthoff
 - 1994: Herbert Barden, Karin Sander, Michel Sauer, Martin Steiner
 - 1995: Isa Dahl, Wolfgang Hambrecht, Andreas Sansoni, Jörg Spamer
 - 1996: Irene Blume, Christiane Dellbrügge and Ralf de Moll, Maik Löbbert, Dirk Löbbert, Michael Munding
 - 1997: Franz Baumgartner, Martin Schmidt, Walter Schreiner, Barbara von Wienskowski
 - 1998: Brunner/Ritz, Tobias Gerber, Peter Herrmann, Andreas Schön
 - 1999: Heiner Blumenthal, Andreas Bunte, Daniel Knorr, Gregor Schneider, Vincent Tavene
 - 2000: Thomas Eller, Michael Kutzner, Simon Vogel, Amelie von Wulffen
 - 2002: Simone Böhm, Dorothea Goldschmidt, Stephan Gripp, Dieter Viegen
 - 2002: Barbara Heim, Hannes Norberg, Daniela Trixl, Christina Zück
 - 2003: Sven-Ole Frahm, Gelke Gaycken, Norbert Kuepper, Markus Vater, Christian Frosch
 - 2004: Ralf Brück, Monika Kapfer, Christian Black, Jörg Wagner
 - 2005: Robert Klümpen, Alexander Laner, Ulla Irina Rossek, Constantin Wallhäuser
 - 2006: Andrea Hanak, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Anna Kerstin Otto, Stefan Thater
 - 2007: Andrea Faciu, Barbara Kussinger, Silke Markefka, Mikhail Pirgelis
 - 2008: Dani Gal, Julia Schmidt, Asli Sungu, Clemens von Wedemeyer
 - 2009: Olivier Foulon, Kalin Lindena, Eske Schluter, Benjamin Yavuzsoy
 - 2010: Anna Heidenhain, Sebastian Dacey, Anna Möller, Martin Pfeifle
 - 2011: Nora Schultz, Rebecca Ann Tess, Vincent Vulsma, Thomas Kilpper, Henrik Olesen
 - 2012: Nine Budde, Wolfgang Breuer, Sophie Reinhold, Yorgos Sapountzis
 - 2013: Shannon Bool, Heide Hinrichs, Daniel Maier-Reimer, Mariechen Danz
 - 2014: Ei Arakawa, Natalie Czech, Loretta Fahrenholz, Petrit Halilaj, Sergei Tcherepnin, Alvaro Urbano
 - 2015: Alisa Margolis, Johannes Paul Raether, Judith Raum, Anike Joyce Sadiq
 - 2016: Flaka Haliti, Stefan Vogel, Nico Joana Weber, Jonas Weichsel
 - 2017: Andrea Bellu, Matei Bellu, Carina Brandes, Kasia Fudakowski, Stefan Pente, Farkhondeh Shahroudi[13]
 - 2018: Jeewi Lee, Christophe Ndabananiye, Lerato Shadi, Viron Erol Vert[14]
 - 2019: KAYA, Marcela Moraga, Christian Naujoks, Rajkamal Kahlon
 - 2020: Özlem Altin, Lydia Hamann and Kaj Osteroth, Alice Peragine, Amelia Umuhire
 - 2021: Pauline Curnier Jardin, Lene Markusen, Musa Michelle Mattiuzzi, Giuseppe Stampone
 - 2022: Haure Madjid, Jasmina Metwaly, Neda Saeedi, Alexander Skorobogatov
 
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Jens Grandt (3 February 2018). Harmonie in Farbe (in German). Berliner Morgenpost. Accessed March 2018.
 - ↑ The Villa Romana Prize. Villa Romana. Accessed November 2018.
 - ↑ The Villa Romana in Florence. Villa Romana. Accessed November 2018.
 - ↑ Annegret Friedrich ([n.d.]). Klinger, Max. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
 - ↑ Thomas Föhl (2005). Max Klinger und die Gründung der »Florentiner Künstlerkolonie« Villa Romana (in German). In: Thomas Föhl, Gerda Wendermann (editors) (2005). Ein Arkadien der Moderne? 100 Jahre Künstlerhaus Villa Romana in Florenz (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: G+H. ISBN 9783931768850.
 - 1 2 Christian Lenz ([n.d.]). Beckmann, Max. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
 - 1 2 Yvonne Modlin ([n.d.]). Barlach, Ernst. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
 - 1 2 Uwe Haupenthal ([n.d.]). Fassbender, Joseph. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
 - 1 2 Martina Rudloff ([n.d.]). Marcks, Gerhard. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
 - 1 2 Ursel Berger ([n.d.]). Stadler, Toni. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
 - 1 2 Dominik Bartmann ([n.d.]). Stöhrer, Walter. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
 - 1 2 Andreas Franzke ([n.d.]). Baselitz [Kern], Georg. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
 - ↑ Fellows since 1905. Villa Romana. Accessed November 2018.
 - ↑ Villa Romana Fellows 2018. Villa Romana. Accessed November 2018.
 
